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On Monday, I felt so optimistic about this week because it was only going to be a four day week due to the President's Day holiday. That was such an optimistic and sweet time.
Then I flew to Dallas on Tuesday and went through having my flight home cancelled on Wednesday. And then Thursday looked at Wednesday and said, "Hold my beer" because P called me while I was at the airport returning the Read More

I had fully planned on posting a Thursday Things post today but I was in Dallas for a speaking event at Liberty Christian School yesterday. I was supposed to fly out of D/FW on a 2:53 flight right after the event so I could get home in time for Caroline's soccer game. Except American Airlines decided to cancel the flight. Why? Because the plane was broken.
And so they cancelled my flight and Read More

Well, we are limping to the finish line this week after a week of Nyquil and all manner of immunity boosting supplements. And so I'm thankful for a three day weekend to have some time to recover and also wash everything in the house down with bleach in the hopes that P and I don't get sick now.
Anyway, here are some cute things I found this week:
1. all things new suede and turquoise wrap Read More

I almost forgot that it was Thursday because I picked Caroline up at school early on Tuesday because she wasn't feeling good and she was home all day yesterday and this essentially caused me to lose track of what day it was and where we are in the week. But then I ran to HEB on Wednesday to pick up some medicine for her and realized it was the day before Valentine's Day because the store was Read More

We were so delighted to have one of our favorites, Erin Moon, join us for this episode of the podcast. We discuss several things, but mostly our thoughts on John Mayer. And then we just talk about life in general right now.
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It has been warm and cloudy here all week long and I was finding the whole thing incredibly depressing because it's just that yuck kind of weather that won't commit to being a rainy day yet the sun won't shine either. But yesterday morning the beautiful North breeze began to blow and at least now it's cloudy and cold, which is what I prefer February to be. Do not make me have to think about Read More

What? Two weeks in a row? I think I smell a regular feature.
And, as it turns out, it's pretty easy to come up with some things to share when you make notes in your phone all week about things you want to remember to tell people.
So here are some of those things:
1. julian's pretzel baguette
Gulley told me about this pretzel baguette a year ago and I was like "Okay, sure" and then I Read More

This is the second part of the conversation we began in Episode 130.
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Show Notes:
- Vidalia Onion Chop Wizard
- The Weighted Blanket
- Frankincense Read More

I'm going to get right to the point because I am ready to take some Nyquil and get in the bed. Caroline had a cold all last week and, naturally, now I have it in spite of all the precautions I took to make sure that didn't happen.
Here are some cute things I found this week:
1. free people kiss kiss tunic
I am powerless to resist a pretty white tunic. This is $128.
2. peepers Read More

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Who is Melanie?

My name is Melanie and, in some strange twist of fate, I’m also known as Big Mama because I started this blog in July of 2006 when my daughter, Caroline, was not quite three years old and I was in the process of convincing her that BIG girls use the potty and BIG girls don’t have pacifiers, thus she thought BIG was the highest compliment in the land and began referring to me as BIG MAMA.Read More